Austin Community College / Distance Learning

Instructor: Donald Skrabanek
My ACC web site: http://www2.austincc.edu/dws

English 1302 PCM / section-synonym 16174

This site will be your gateway into English 1302 PCM / section-synonym 16174
Summer 2008 / 9 weeks

This course begins on May 27 and ends at 5 pm Saturday, July 26, 2008.


Instructor: Donald Skrabanek
Email: dws@austincc.edu
Skrabanek's ACC home page
Campus Mailbox: Rio Grande Room 204
Intercampus Mail: Donald Skrabanek/RGC English
U.S. Mail:
Donald Skrabanek
English/Rio Grande Campus
1212 Rio Grande
Austin TX 78701


IMPORTANT
All course documents are in final form and ready for your use. Blackboard is also ready for your use. The course begins May 27. Do not submit any assignments for grading before May 27. You may take quizzes in Blackboard as soon as you can log in.

If you have problems logging into Blackboard, send me an Email. You will need to use your ACC eID to enter Blackboard, so read about the eID at the link below. Look for the golden key.

acceid
ACC recently began providing new ID numbers for all students, faculty, and staff. These new eIDs will allow you to access Blackboard, ACC Online Services, and several other secure ACC sites. To learn more about the ACC eID, visit this site:

http://www.austincc.edu/acceid/


STUFF TO DO FIRST

  • Read the Online Orientation information here.
  • Log in to the Blackboard system at this link.


  • To send and retrieve most of your coursework: Use the Submissions button in Blackboard.
  • To send and receive messages: Use the Messages feature under the Communication button in Blackboard.
  • To take quizzes: Use the Quizzes button in Blackboard.

  • Email Skrabanek at: dws@austincc.edu


    Log in to Blackboard here.

    Blackboard is a learning environment you will use for most of your course functions.
    In Blackboard, you will:

    All documents available on this site are also available in Blackboard.

    Log in to Blackboard here.

    Click here to learn how to log in to Blackboard.
    Click here to learn how to use Blackboard.


    NOTE: Class rosters are usually loaded into Blackboard just before the semester begins, so you should be able to enter the Blackboard site beginning about May 25. If you cannot enter Blackboard after May 27, contact me by Email (dws@austincc.edu).

    The course documents are now ready for your use. The course begins May 27. I will not accept any work for grading before May 27.

    If you encounter any broken links, please alert me by Email.


    IMPORTANT: COURSE PREREQUISITES

    BE AWARE: To gain credit for this course, you must have successfully completed English 1301 at ACC or its equivalent at another college or university with a grade of C or higher. If your proof of prerequisite is not available in ACC records, you must present a transcript or grade report showing your successful completion of Composition I with a grade of C or higher. In other words, a grade of D or below in Composition I is not an acceptable prerequisite. If you know you don't have the required prerequisite, don't enroll or withdraw and get your money back.

    I will try to contact you if I cannot find proof of prerequisite for you in ACC records. Be sure your Email address in Blackboard is current. You can submit your proof of prerequisite to me in person, to my mailbox in Rio Grande Room 204, by U.S. mail, or by ACC intercampus mail. If I do not receive your proof of prerequisite by 8 pm June 18, I will stop grading your work until I do receive your proof of prerequisite.

    Contact addresses are available below. You can also have a clerk place your transcript or grade report in my campus mailbox at RGC. You can also present it to me personally during my advertised office hours.


    COURSE TEXTBOOK
  • The official course textbook for English 1302-04284 will be:
    Fiction 100, 11th edition, 2007, edited by James Pickering (ISBN 0-13-173134-3)

  • You can also get by with an earlier edition of this same book. Your best bets would be:
    Fiction 100, 10th edition, 2004, edited by James Pickering (ISBN 0-13-182587-9) or
    Fiction 100, 9th edition, 2001, edited by James Pickering (ISBN 0-13-014328-6)


    COURSE DOCUMENTS
    Follow these links to printer-friendly versions of the course documents.


    Essential Documents
    Contact Information
    Schedule and Assignments
    Course Guidelines
    C Exam Tips
    B Exam
    A Exam
    Handy Links

    Orientation Documents
    Orientation
    Textbook
    How to Use Blackboard

    Getting Started
    What Is Analysis?
    Elements of Fiction Analysis
    Basics of Fiction Analysis
    Worksheet for Fiction Analysis

    Lectures
    Assignment 1 Lecture - Getting Started
    Assignment 2 Lecture - Central Idea
    Assignment 3 Lecture - Character
    Assignment 4 Lecture - Conflict
    Assignment 5 Lecture - Setting
    Assignment 6 Lecture - Point of View
    Assignment 7 Lecture - Language
    Assignment 8 Lecture - Tone

    General Writing Information
    Online Grammar Handbook
    Revision
    Proofreading
    Transitions


    Helpful ACC Library documents can be accessed through this page:
    http://library.austincc.edu/help/guides.htm

    Site maintained by D. W. Skrabanek
    English/Austin Community College
    Last update: 23 May 2008